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December 8th, 2008 Dialogue in Pujehun 14th to 16th November. Read report
November 17th, 2008 Dialogue between MPs and leaders in the diamond-rich town of Kono, Eastern Region, Sierra Leone, 31 Oct – 2 Nov 2008 Following the Opening Session, over forty participants including MPs, Traditional Leaders, Mayors, Councillors and representatives of the different political parties took part in the 3-day interactive dialogue at the Kumba Satta Hall. Topics included corruption, root causes of under-development, political intolerance, hate, attitudinal change and the moral challenge to heal the bitterness of the past. The dialogue further strengthened team work and trust building amongst the participants, such that some felt able, in small groups, to bring into the open deep personal hatred and wrong-doing and to seek forgiveness and reconciliation. Read report
November 1st, 2008 Over twenty MPs, Mayors, Chairpersons and Traditional Leaders met from 24-26 October in Port Loko, Northern Province, Sierra Leone, for the fourth in a series of eight interactive dialogues on the theme “Healing Wounds, Building Trust, Moving Forward Together.” Read report
29th October, 2008 Hope-Sierra Leone facilitates UNDP-sponsored dialogue in Bo, provincial headquarters, Southern Region, Sierra Leone In Bo, over the weekend of 17-19 October, the third in a series of eight intensive and interactive dialogues was held for elected Honourable Members of Parliament, Mayors, Chairpersons and Traditional Leaders. Read report
22nd October, 2008 “Healing Wounds, Building Trust, Moving Forward Together” Dialogues for MPs and Paramount Chiefs launched in Sierra Leone On 3rd October 2008 the Hon. Vice President of Sierra Leone, Chief Samuel Sam-Sumana, officially launched the first of eight dialogues before more than 100 MPs in the Chambers of Parliament, Freetown. After two dialogues in Freetown, six more will take place in key centres across the country. The last one will end on 7th December. Read report
29th September, 2008 Report on Moral Foundations of Democracy Community Outreach in Portuguese Town Community, Freetown, 29 August 2008 released Read report
28th September, 2008 New Hope-Sierra Leone information sheet released Read Information Sheet
6th September, 2008 Report on Moral Foundations for Democracy outreach at Kissy Ferry Terminal, Freetown Read Kissy Outreach report


		16th August, 2008 ‘Raise Your Voice’ campaign: Report on voter education for local council elections Read full report on voter education 2008 11th June, 2008 Report published on Training and Outreach Report March 2008 The fifteenth session of the Moral Foundations for Democracy (MFD) training was conducted at the Armed Forces Educational Centre (AFEC), Wilberforce, Freetown from the 14th -17th March 2008. The training which would have been conducted in February overlapped with the second Training of Trainers course in February. 30 participants were drawn from the police, armed forces and civil society and there was one participant from the prisons department. Read full report. 22nd May, 2008 By-Elections Report Published Following the conduct of the 2007 Parliamentary and Presidential elections in Sierra Leone and the epoch of a new government, certain Members of Parliament were asked to serve the country in ministerial capacity and were appointed to do so by His Excellency, President Ernest Bai Koroma. Four of one hundred and twenty-four Members of Parliament were appointed Ministers shortly after their election and their seats in Parliament thus became vacant. Against that backdrop, the National Election Commission conducted a by-election to refill those vacant seats. On March 29th 2008 the Commission conducted elections in the respective constituencies. As part of its activities, the Clean Elections Campaign Department of Hope-Sierra Leone closely monitored and observed the elections. On the polling day, a team of elections observers including several volunteers from Hope-Sierra Leone and one intern from Denmark observed the elections. This report presents what happened in polling stations visited, voter behaviour, activities of political parties’ representatives, NEC officials and the police. The report further gives an analysis of activities that took place which are considered inimical to the peace, development and democratization process in Sierra Leone. Also, best practices during the polling exercise are recorded in this report. Read report. 12 May, 2008 A University of the Heart Report on 40th Anniversary and Special Global Consultation, Asia Plateau, Panchgani, India, 15th - 31st January 2008. Read report. 17 February 2008 New President of Sierra Leone meets HSL staff “After the brutal and devastating civil war the whole country needs to be reconstructed. But if we don’t target the mindset of the people at the same time everything will be in vain”, said His Excellency Dr Ernest Bai Koroma, President of the Republic of Sierra Leone. He was speaking to members of the Moral Foundations for Democracy (MFD) International Faculty and staff of Hope-Sierra Leone, who had been invited to meet him following the completion of the second Training of Trainers (ToT) course in February 2008. Read report. Previous years: 2005 2006 2007

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